【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 力永遠(yuǎn)深埋在了地下。Fortunately,wehavethemeansatourdisposaltotransformlives.幸運(yùn)的是，我們擁有改變這一切的工具。Thesamedigitaltechnologiesthattransformedeveryotheraspectofmodernlifecantransformeducation,provideourbusinesseswiththetalenttheyneedtothrive,andgivehundredsofmillionsofyoungpeopleatthefringesofprosperitytheopportunitytomaketheirownmarkonthisglobaleconomy.科技改變了這個(gè)時(shí)代的方方面面，科技也能一定能改變教育。這樣既能給我們的企業(yè)輸送人才，又能幫助千千萬萬的年輕人在這個(gè)全球經(jīng)濟(jì)一體的時(shí)代里留下他們自己的篇章。Thisafternoon,I39。dliketoofferjustthreeexamplesofhowbringingdigitalinnovationtotheclassroomcansubstantiallyimproveeducationforchildrenthroughouttheworldincludingmanynowcallouslywrittenoffashopeless.今天，我想給大家?guī)砣蚪逃缛齻€(gè)科技改變教育的例子。甚至有一些曾經(jīng)不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的例子。Wemustbeginbyexcitingtheimaginationsofouryoungpeople.Thekeyisnotaputeroratabletorsomeotherdevice.Thekeyisthesoftwarethatwillengagestudentsandhelpteachthemconceptsandlearntothinkforthemselves.我們首先要激發(fā)年輕人的想象力。關(guān)鍵不是簡單的只是讓他們?nèi)ナ褂眯碌碾娔X或者平板，而是給學(xué)生帶來學(xué)習(xí)興趣，知識和獨(dú)立思考的好軟件。Everystudywilltellyouthatthemoreinteractiveandintimatelearningis,thebetterthestudentwillperform.所有的研究都指出，越是直接互動的教學(xué)方法，對學(xué)生的效果越好。Let39。ssayIwastryingtoteacha10yearoldaboutBernoulli39。sprinciple.It39。snamedafterthefamous18thcenturymathematician.Accordingtothisprinciple,whenspeedishigh,pressureislow.Soundsprettydry.ButwhatifIcouldlinkthelessontothefootballstarRobertoCarloswhosefamouscurvedshotisanillustrationofthisprincipleatwork.AndsupposeIthenincludedanexplanationfromoneoftheworld39。sleadingairplaneengineersabouthowthissameprincipleworksinaviation.比如說我要教一個(gè)10歲小孩柏努利法則。這是起名于一個(gè)很有名的18世紀(jì)數(shù)學(xué)家柏努利的法則。根據(jù)這個(gè)法則，當(dāng)速度高的時(shí)候，壓力就會低。聽起來很無聊吧？但是如果我能把這個(gè)法則聯(lián)系到以香蕉球著名的足球明星羅伯特卡洛斯的時(shí)候，這樣就很有趣了吧？（球的一側(cè)高速旋轉(zhuǎn)，造成低氣壓，球就會劃出弧線。）又或者是我再加入一個(gè)世界級的飛機(jī)工程師對這個(gè)法則的解釋，并且舉出這個(gè)法則對飛機(jī)的飛行有何影響。Somebusinesseswhoarelookingaheadarealreadygivingusanideaofwhatthiswouldlooklike.IntwosmallschoolsinCalifornia,atraditionaltextbookpublisherhaspartneredwithAppletoteachalgebra.They39。vegiventhekidsfreeiPads,andthey39。vecreatedanappthatgivesstudentsguidedinstruction,instantfeedbackonpracticequestions,andaccesstoseveralhundredvideos.Ifstudentsdon39。tunderstandthelessonthefirsttime,theycanwatchthatlessonrepeatedlyuntiltheygetit.有些企業(yè)已經(jīng)加入到我們的行列并付諸實(shí)際。在加州的兩座規(guī)模較小的學(xué)校，一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)教科書出版商和蘋果合作提供代數(shù)的課程。孩子們配備有免費(fèi)的iPad，并且開發(fā)了一個(gè)軟件來指導(dǎo)孩子學(xué)習(xí)，習(xí)題的成績也有及時(shí)反饋。除此之外，還有上百個(gè)教學(xué)視頻可以供孩子們觀看。如果學(xué)生們第一次沒有看懂，他們可以重復(fù)看視頻來慢慢理解。Isanyonesurprisedthattheteacherssaythestudentsusingthisnewalgebraprogramaretestingbetterthanthosewhodon’t?有沒有人會覺得驚訝這些學(xué)生的代數(shù)成績比以前好多了呢？Excitingyoungimaginationsleadsdirectlytomysecondpoint:morepersonalizedlearning.聽完這這令人鼓舞興奮的例子，讓我們來看看第二個(gè)例子：更個(gè)性化的學(xué)習(xí)方法Inmediaandtechnology,wehavelearnedhowtomicrotargetaudiencestomaximizethestickinessofourwebsites,topersonalizeournewsfeeds.Nowweneedtobringthesekindsofexpertisetoeducationtomakemathematicsstickytomicrotargetthe8thgradegirlswhomightwanttobephysicists,andtopersonalizethereadingforeachstudent.在媒體和科技領(lǐng)域中，我們學(xué)會了細(xì)分我們的垂直用戶。這樣可以增強(qiáng)我們網(wǎng)站的粘性，個(gè)性化我們的Newsfeed(新聞饋送)?，F(xiàn)在我們需要把這些方法運(yùn)用到教育上。比如讓數(shù)學(xué)增加粘性，細(xì)分出未來想當(dāng)物理學(xué)家的初二女孩，然后個(gè)性化他們的學(xué)習(xí)方法和過程。Ifagiftedchildcanfinishafouryearcourseintwoyears,shouldn39。tweencourageher?Likewise,ifastrugglingchildneedsmoretime,shouldn’twehelphimtoo?Unfortunatelyfortoomanystudentsintoomanyclassrooms,it39。sstillonesizefitsall.如果說一個(gè)天才兒童能夠在2年內(nèi)完成4年的課程，我們不是很應(yīng)該鼓勵(lì)他嗎？同樣的，如果一個(gè)有學(xué)習(xí)障礙的兒童需要更多時(shí)間，我們不是也應(yīng)該幫助他嗎？Askteachershowthat39。sworkingout.Askthemaboutthechallengeofdealingwith30kidsinaclassroom,eachofwhomisanindividualwhogoesathisownpaceandhashisownbestwayof16